Minnesota lawmakers poised to make major overhaul to sexual assault laws
Senate committee approves overhaul of sexual conduct law
A key Minnesota Senate committee approved a comprehensive overhaul of the state s sexual conduct laws after a Supreme Court ruling about voluntary intoxication caused an outcry. The new, toughened laws close the voluntary intoxication loophole, among other things.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Lawmakers on the powerful Senate Judiciary committee agreed to make sweeping changes to Minnesota s sexual assault laws Thursday, putting them on a track toward passage later this spring.
The legislation creates a new crime of sexual extortion, by which a perpetrator threatens a victim to force the person to have sex. It includes several new protections for children.
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Controversial court ruling sparks urgency in Minnesota Legislature to review sexual assault law
A comprehensive bill to strengthen Minnesota s sexual assault laws has gained new momentum after a controversial state Supreme Court ruling sparked national outrage. Written By: Sarah Mearhoff | ×
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ST. PAUL After a high-profile state Supreme Court ruling sparked outrage, Minnesota lawmakers are looking to clean up the state’s longstanding sexual assault statutes that advocates and legislators say don’t go far enough to protect survivors.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers at a Wednesday, April 7, news conference called for urgency in passing criminal sexual assault law changes in order to “address contradictions, loopholes, and other shortcomings which create barriers for survivors to receive justice,” per a Wednesday news release.
Minnesota lawmakers pressured to strengthen laws after overturned rape conviction
The Supreme Court overturned the felony conviction of a Maple Grove man because the state’s third-degree criminal sexual conduct law says that a person who is sexually assaulted while intoxicated is not considered “mentally impaired” if she voluntarily drank alcohol. To meet that standard for impairment, the law requires the alcohol must be “administered to that person without the person’s agreement.”
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The Minnesota Senate convenes at the state Capitol in St. Paul. (Forum News Service file photo)
ST. PAUL When the Minnesota Legislature reconvenes Tuesday, April 6, after a 10-day Easter/Passover recess, lawmakers will be under mounting pressure to close a loophole in state law that allowed a rapist to escape a long prison sentence because his victim got herself drunk before the assaul
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